March 8, 1979
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS
SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, the Senate Budget Committee will continue its hearing on the first budget resolution for fiscal year 1980 with the appearance of Secretary of Agriculture, Bob Bergland, on Friday, March 9, 1979, at 10 a.m. The Secretary will discuss the health of American agriculture and the administration's agriculture budget for fiscal year 1980.
Mr. President, the Budget Committee is also extending its previously announced morning hearings on national priorities and State and local issues to provide the opportunity for additional public witnesses to present their views during afternoon sessions. All hearings will be held in 6202 Dirksen Senate Office Building. A revised schedule for March 14 and 16 follows:
REVISED SCHEDULE
March 14, 1979 — National priorities: Morning Session 10 a.m. Shearon Harris, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Douglas Fraser, President, United Auto Workers; Carl Holman, Executive Director, National Urban Coalition.
Afternoon Session 2 p.m. Patsy Mink, Americans for Democratic Action, on behalf of the ad hoc coalition on the FY 1980 Budget; Mylio Kraja, Director of Legislation, American Legion; Ruth Hinerfeld, President, League of Women Voters; Reuben Johnson, Director of Legislation, Farmers Union.
March 16, 1979 — State and local issues. Morning Session 10 a.m. John Shannon, ACIR; Governor Richard Snelling of Vermont; Mayor John Rousakis (Savannah, Ga.), President, League of Cities.
Afternoon Session 2 p.m. Jon Weintraub, Associate Director, National Association of Counties; Mayor Coleman Young, Chairman, Urban Economics Committee, Conference of Mayors; John Bragg, Chairman, State-Federal Assembly, Association of State Legislators; Anthony Carnevale, Director, Department of Legislation, American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees (AFSCME).